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examples of drivers who have done the daft and leapt from f3 or fr to f1 aren't really the ones that people should live by. i mean, you do whatever suits you as a driver - both kimi and jenson had a lot of testing miles under their belts, many more than your average drivers has now.
i think you have to look at the demands f1 makes on a driver at any given time as well - when f1 testing wasn't so limited you could bring a driver in from nowhere if he impressed you enough and spend the winter teaching him what he needs to know. now you spend the off season and the best part of their first season teaching them, albeit with the aid of simulators to help their circuit knowledge. a big chequebook helps too.
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